Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Nigerian Storytelling

This lesson was created by Anne Hoeper (Davenport School District) for students from fifth to eighth grade. Throughout this lesson plan, students will understand Nigerian culture through literature, particularly folktales.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

English

Reading

Theme

Cultural/Social

Region

Africa

Nigeria

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Common Core Standards

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

National Geographic Standards

10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations